Candelabrum



(No Model.)

H. P. NEHR.

CANDELABRUM.

No. 599,190. v Patented Feb. 15,1898.

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HERMAN E. vNEHR, OE BROOKLYN, NEw YORK.

CANDELABRUMV SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 599,190, dated February 15, 1898. Application filed October 16, 1897. ASerial No. 655,440. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN F. NEHR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Candelabrum, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to so construct the candelabrum that it will be light, durable, and economic and so that the arms of the candelabrum may be adjusted vertically or lat.

erally at various points in their length, enabling the arms to be given any one of a varietyof shapes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means whereby each arm may be independently adjusted and whereby also the arms may be made up of a series of sections, each section being capable of independent adjustment.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter-fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. l

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in' which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved candelabrum. Fig. 2 isa plan View ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the upper central portion of the candelabrum and a portion of one of the arms, the view being drawn on a larger scale than in Fig. 1.

` Fig. 4 is a horizontal section. taken substan tially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

The candelabrum consists, practically, of a central support A and arms B, located at opposite sides of the support. The support A', as shown, is in the form of a column and is provided with a head-section A, the lower end of the support or column being adj ustably placed in a base A2 and held therein bymeans of a set-screw 10 or a like device.

The upper portion of the head A of the vsupport is slightly reduced in diameter, forming a shoulder `13 near the bottom. Above the shoulder 13 a series of split collars 11 is placed on the head, being held to turn freely. Each split collar is provided with opposing lugs 12. The collars rest one upon. the other, and the 4ed on the said spindle.

receptacle capable of receiving and holding a candle is secured likewise on the pin 15.4

The arms B of the candelabrum are attached to the collars 1l, mounted to turn on the head portion of the support. Each arm is made up of a series of sections pivotally connected, and each section consists principally of par-4 allel links or bars and rods, on which they are mounted to turn, the links or bars of each section being adjustable in a vertical direc tion and likewise in a horizontal direction. The links 17 and 18 of the section of an arm next to the main support A are pivotally at-k tached to the lugs of the collars 12, located- Yat the corresponding side of the said support.

The outer end of each link or bar 17 and 18 is pivoted between 'ears 21, formed upon split collars 20, the said split collars being mounted upon a vertical spindle 22, and preferably both of the collars 20 are loosely mount- 'lhe spindle is provided at its lower end with a cap 23, usually screwed thereon, and a second cap 24 is located at the upper end of the spindle, and at the said upper end a Candlestick 25' or like receptacle-is securely fastened on said spin` dle. Two other split collars 26 are likewise mounted on the spindle 22. TheseA collars are provided with lugs or arms 27, which face in an opposite direction to the lugs or ears of the collars 20. One of the collars'26 is located between the collars 20, while the other collar 26 is located between the lower cap 23 and the lowermost collar 20, as shown in Fig. 3. Washers are preferably introduced between the caps on the spindle and parts adjacent tothe caps. Links or bars 28 andv29 are pivotally attached to the ears or lugs of the 'collars 26 and are likewise attached at their opposite ends to collars corresponding to the collars 2O and mounted upon another spindle zoe Y corresponding to the spindle 22. In this manner each section of each arm B is constructed.

In order that While the sections are being adjusted the spindles shall not be turned, the upper or the lower split collar of each spindle is splined on the spindle or otherwise connected therewith. The object of preventing the spindles from turning is to prevent the Candlesticks carried by the spindles from becoming unscrewed or loosened. It is evident that as each arm can be freely and independently turned around its support or adjusted in its entirety upward or downward, and, furthermore, in View of the fact that each section of each arm is laterally and vertically adjustable, the arms may be placed in various positions and the design of the candelabrum be changed at will.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentj l. A candelabrum, having arms formed as a series of short sections, each section comprising vertically-disposed parallel bars, clips pivotally connected at each end to said bars so as to permit vertical movement thereof,

to embrace a vertical pivot, clamping-bolts extending horizontally through the clip ends and the ends of the bars, a vertically-extending pivot-pin passing through the clips of adjacent sections, and candle-receiving cups or sockets attached to the upper ends of said pivot-pins.

I-IERMAN'F. NEI-IR.

Vitnesses:

WM. H. LYNCH, THoMAs E. KESTLER. 

